Current Instructions for Selenium Dev Environment on Windows

selenium_dev_windows.md

Update

The most recent instructions are now on the Selenium readme: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/README.md#installing

Outdated instructions

• Windows Settings - turn on "Developer mode."
• Run PowerShell As Administrator
• Change execution policy: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
• Install chocolatey:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

• Install git: choco install git
• Install Java: choco install openjdk11
• Install Bazelisk: choco install bazelisk
• Install Msys2: choco install msys2 --params "/InstallDir=C:\tools\msys64"
• Install Visual Studio:
  • Download Visual Studio Professional 17.5.1 from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-history
  • Open Installer, cancel the modal and click the “Available” Tab
  • Select to install Visual Studio Community
  • Select .NET Desktop Development
  • Add optional development tools for 4.6.2-4.7.1 and 4.8.1
  • Select C++ Desktop Development
• Add System Environment Variables:
  • Add to PATH value "C:\tools\msys64\usr\bin"`
  • Set BAZEL_SH to "C:\tools\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe"
  • Set BAZEL_VC to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC" (this might be in x86 folder instead)
  • Set BAZEL_VC_FULL_VERSION to version of command line tools; find the directory name inside $BAZEL_VC/Tools/MSVC directory; Make sure to use this and not the version Visual Studio says it installed
• Restart Computer
• Open Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2022
• Create a projects directory & run git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium
• Change directory: cd selenium
• Test Build: bazel build //dotnet/test/common:chrome
• Run Tests:
  • cd dotnet
  • dotnet test test/common/WebDriver.Common.Tests.csproj --framework net6.0
  • set ACTIVE_DRIVER_CONFIG=Firefox
  • dotnet test test/common/WebDriver.Common.Tests.csproj --framework net6.0

I've updated the official selenium readme with the latest instructions,
Please follow that one instead

https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/README.md#installing
I even created a powershell script you can use.